I would like to ask you whether it would be possible to introduce this feature - reading the Prepar3D native SIDs and STARs - into your G1000 and GNSs?

I have of course no idea about the amount of programming involved. Though since the SIDs and STARs are basically encoded as GPS approaches with suffixes A or D (which makes them either STAR or SID; please refer to the description in the SDK in the link), I tend to think it might be a "mission possible"

If you happen to give it a thought, I can send you a working SID I created myself for testing.

In approximately 2011 or 2012, I purchased the G1000. It was to be used for the FeelThere Phenom 1000. I never managed to install it properly, or use it and through many installs and re installs I have lost it.

Can anyone tell me if that purchase is traceable through a name or/and an email address?

As I am concentrating more and more on FS2004,(due to using 6 monitors) I am keen again to try installing into a Baron , the Phenom and a variety of other aircraft.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Tony Chilcott

]]>523272Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:00:59 +0000GNS 530 SimConnect Examplehttps://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/488353-gns-530-simconnect-example/Since there wasn't any real clear example of how to interact between the GNS 530 using C# through SimConnect, I wrote a minimalist example that hopefully will allow others to avoid some of that initial grief and hair pulling. The concept will be the same for the 430 if you use that unit instead. While I don't have the G1000 unit, I'm guessing that it works in a similar manner through the configuration of a .INI file. You can use this example as the stepping stone to connecting up your hardware to the GNS.

I wrote this to connect to P3D using the SimConnect 3.2 version of the DLL. If you want to target FSX or a different version of P3D, you'll need to swap out the DLL in the references part of the project to something else and also swap out the 'using LockheedMartin.Prepar3D.SimConnect;' statement to the FSX one in the cSimConnect.cs file to the appropriate DLL namespace.

A copy of the GNS.ini file that is configured to work with the program is included in the zip fle. You will need to swap out your installed one for mine before launching P3D. You can find your installed one in the folder: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mindstar\Flight Simulator Addons\GNS.ini"

I hope you find this useful.

Geodirk

Note: the GPS image in the program is just static..

]]>488353Tue, 10 May 2016 16:46:17 +0000Engine Gaugeshttps://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/519188-engine-gauges/
In the Barron 58 the engine gauges are still for a single eng. aircraft. Is this a configuration problem. The MS G1000 has multi eng gauges. Also are there turbine engine gauges for twin jet or Caravan.
]]>519188Mon, 04 Sep 2017 19:46:19 +0000GNS 530: Triggering GNS events with FSUIPC offsetshttps://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/484933-gns-530-triggering-gns-events-with-fsuipc-offsets/Hi everyone, I hope you can help me out.

I´m trying to map the hardware buttons of the Emuteq GNS 530 to the Mindstar GNS events using FSUIPC offsets. I tried to use Keyboard mappings first but this didn`t work very well, because the GNS window has to be "in focus" for the buttons to work which is not always the case on a multi-monitor setup. So the FSUIPC method seemed more reliable. However, I´m at a loss how to make this work. I understand how to assign unused offsets to specific functions in the GNS.ini, which look like this now in my setup:

What I don`t understand is how to trigger those offset functions within the simulator with a hardware button. According to the Mindstar guide to the gns.ini, "The GNS expects the offset to be an integer in the range of 0 to 255. Each time the value at the specified FSUIPC offset increments, the GNS will execute the specified function"

So the correct method within the FSUIPC button assignment should be to set the hardware button to perform the FS control "Offset UByte increment" with the parameter set to 1 because this should increase the value of the offset by 1. However, when I push the button nothing happens. The only way I can trigger the event is to use "Offset Byte Set" and set the parameter to 1; this allows me to use the button a single time. But the second time I push the button, nothing happens because the Offset stays at 1 and doesn`t increase any further.

Does anyone know how to set this up correctly?

Thanks in advance,

Fabian

]]>484933Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:29:53 +0000Mindstar G1000 Crashing Upon Activating Approachhttps://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/494622-mindstar-g1000-crashing-upon-activating-approach/While activating the ILS approach from the load approach window P3D v3 repeatedly crashes. I have an image of this happening and would love to send it to someone. Please advise if i am doing something incorrectly as I have about 500 hours in the real plane. The version I have installed is 2.11.0019 and my P3D version is 3.3.5.17625. My simconnect version is 3.3.0.]]>494622Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:37:18 +0000How long for P3D V4 Update?https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/520069-how-long-for-p3d-v4-update/
Hello, sir, it's been a while now, I just wanted to ask if there is gonna be a update for your units to be compatible with P3Dv4, how long more or less is it going to be that we have to wait for it and if it is going to be a paid update.

I really like your units and if it is necessary to pay for he update, I wouldn't mind, I have to purchase a new RealNavdata update too..

1. I cant get the Mindstar GNS530 to automatically sequence to an approach in the flight plan. Is this normal behavior for the Mindstar unit?

2. I cant delete waypoints by selecting and pressing the CLR key in the flight plan, only airports, sometimes. Is this normal behavior for the Mindstar unit?

3. After choosing to display datafields in Nav page 2, is there a way to make the change permanent?

Regards Glenn.

]]>519902Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:29:32 +0000Mindstar GNS530 on Ruscool Hardwarehttps://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/519736-mindstar-gns530-on-ruscool-hardware/
Here is a video of the Mindstar GNS software running on a hardware module from Ruscool Electronics in New Zealand. While not that cheap it does provide a fine simulation of the Garmin unit with full hardware activation of all the Mindstar functions. The RNS530 (as Ruscool calls their module) uses a keyboard emulator of sorts built into the unit which sends keystrokes to the sim which is then interpreted by their custom application running in the sim and talking to FSUIPC. Needless to say both the hardware and software have corresponding config files which must match up to activate the functions as can be seen in the video. All works well on the bench, next is to install in the sim and fly!

Of course before you ask, no the Mindstar software isn't compatible with Prepa3D v4 due to that being a 64bit application whereas the Mindstar is currently only 32bit.